Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering George Mason University Volgenau School of IT & Engineering

Project Presentations

The project presenations were done on 5/10 in ENGR 3507. The project specifications and presentations slides are now linked through the presentation schedule (PDF).

Project Timeline

  • 03/29 Project Specifications Due
  • 03/31 -- 04/04 1st Progress Report
  • 04/21 -- 04/25 2nd Progress Report
  • 05/03 Project Paper Draft Due
  • 05/06 Project Reviews Due
  • 05/10 Project Presentations
  • 05/10 Final Project Paper Due

Project Resources

  • Project Presentations and Reports from previous years: 2008 | 2006
  • LaTeX on Windows: MiKTeX
    Integrated Development Environment for LaTeX on Windows: TeXnicCenter (it uses MiKTeX).

  • Project Grading Criteria

    Project Specifications (6 points)

    • Completeness (based on the guidelines)
    • Clarity of main project goals
    • Thoroughness of the literature search

    Project Report (20 points)

    • Results (12 points)
      • Working implementation
      • Testing methods
      • Performance
      • Analysis of results
      • Difficulty of the project
      • Agreement with specifications
      • Applicability of the results
    • Documentation (8 points)
      • Introduction
      • Analysis of the papers you read
      • Discussion of the results
      • Figures and tables
      • Conclusions
      • Proper references
      • Paper organization

    Project Reviews (4 points)

    • Understanding of the main contributions of the paper
    • Helpfulness of comments to the authors
    • Thoroughness of paper review

    Project Presentation (10 points)

    • Content
    • Background
    • Results and Conclusion
    • Organization of the presentation
    • Quality of the slides
    • Discussion of the encountered problems
    • Handling questions
    • Clarity of the presentation
    • Presentation style
    • Timing